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1978161854Berkeley: Self-Published 1978. Paperback. vii 100p. b&w photos tables and two line maps; text in Spanish. Title page bears a florid gift inscription an else very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. A guide and history of the region and the railway line that services it. Self-Published paperback books
1931012034Phildalephia: J. B. Lippincott 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Uncommon autobiography of the famous Parisian designer who knew all the swells! Very good copy no names inscription or bookplates black cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Fabulous Art-Deco dustjacket designed by Samuel Bernard Schaeffer worn and chipped about the edges still presentable. J. B. Lippincott hardcover books
129237N.p.: N.p. Draft script for an unproduced play. <br/><br/>Joseph son of the biblical Jacob is sold into slavery when he brothers begin to feel jealous that their father loves him more than all of them. He is brought to Egypt where he serves the Pharoah and a judge's wife lusts for him. He rises to a position of great esteem in a time when a famine has overtaken the whole region of Egypt and around it forcing ten of his brothers to buy grain from the Egyptians. Joseph toys with them until revealing at the last moment of the play that he is their forgotten and presumed dead brother. <br/><br/>Set in biblical Egypt. <br/><br/>Gray titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Klausner-Brandstatter. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Klausner-Brandstatter 158 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
19891306400Athens: Workers' Fellowship Organization 1989. Hardcover. Small quarto; pp 301; VG/G; ivory/black spine with black text; dust jacket has moderate rubbing to exterior slight toning toward edges; cloth has clean exterior strong boards; text block has very slight wear to exterior edges; interior clean; arts - criticism; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 1306400. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Workers' Fellowship Organization hardcover books
1984216622Paris: Le Nouveau Commerce 1984. 12 panel folded broadside 6x8.25 inches folded text in French fine limited edition of 600 copies brown text on tan stock raffeta tie mylar dj. Le Nouveau Commerce unknown books
20021324426Millau France: Editions VO2 Diffusion 2002. Hardcover. Large Oblong Octavo; unpaginated; VG; white spine with black and gray text; no jacket; cloth shows minimal wear to exterior; strong boards; text block clean; profusely illustrated; text in English and French;. 1324426. FP New Rockville Stock. Editions VO2 Diffusion hardcover books
2000141751New York: Pinnacle/Kensington 2000. Paperback. 189p. text in Spanish very good first edition. first printing mass-market paperback in camp pictorial wraps. Pinnacle/Kensington paperback books
1951147312London: N.p. 1951. Draft script for the 1951 London production of Jean Cocteau's 1938 play "Les Parents Terribles" translated by Charles Frank under the title "Intimate Relations." Carbon typescript on onionskin. Copyright agency label affixed to front wrapper and on title page over previous copyright of Jean Cocteau & Charles Frank. One annotation in holograph pencil striking a word of dialogue in script. Laid in is a "With Compliments" note on bandleader and impresario Jack Hylton letterhead.<br/><br/>The play premiered at the Strand Theatre in London on July 26 1951 and ran through November 24 1951 for a total of 140 performances. Frank would go on to direct the film adaptation of his translation in 1953 released as "Intimate Relations" in Europe and as "Disobedient" in the US starring Harold Warrender and Marian Spencer.<br/><br/>Cocteau's tale of a truly dysfunctional family. A neurotic overly possessive mother Yvonne finds out her son Michel has intentions to marry the beautiful Madeleine the woman with whom Georges Michel's father has been having an affair. <br/><br/>Blue untitled wrappers with titled label. Title page present with credits for playwright Jean Cocteau and translator Charles Frank. 145 leaves with last page of text numbered III-38. Carbon typescript on onionskin rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with some light staining side stapled. <br/><br/>Laid in Note: 4 x 6 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1970126972Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1970. Second. Hardbound. VG previous owners name inside some markings in the text margins. Tan cloth boards with black lettering xxiii 147 liv pp no illustrations. Broken into three parts; The Early Ch'ing Period: The School of "Practical Statesmanship" and Other Trends The Middle Ch'ing Period: The Dominance of the School of Empirical Research; The Beginnings of Reaction and The Late Ch'ing Period: The Modern Text School and Other New Trends. Harvard University Press hardcover books
197818098New York: Harper & Row 1978. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; orange topstain; dustjacket; 183pp. Fine in a Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket. KLEIN E6.a.1. Harper & Row unknown books
195420503London: Andrew Dakers Limited 1954. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo; red paper-covered boards with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 128pp. Some trivial wear to upper edge of front board else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 9s. net gently spine-sunned with a touch of wear and a few small tears along the edges; Near Fine. Brief play concerning a fictional dictator at the moment of his downfall. Andrew Dakers Limited unknown books
197418270New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1974. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; black and blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 142pp. Previous owner's name on upper margin of title page else Fine in a Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket with a touch of yellowing to the extremities. A lengthy collection of early poems by Borges with parallel text in Spanish and English. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
197926589New York: Harper and Row 1979. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 183pp 3. Lower right corner of front board gently tapped though still sharp with a hint of sunning to upper board edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $8.95 with light edgewear and a corresponding wrinkling to lower right corner of front panel; Near Fine. The Nobel Prize-winning author's sixth book published in English originally published in Spain in 1968 under the title La Mala Hora. Harper and Row unknown books
197918095New York: Harper & Row 1979. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 183pp. Board edges slightly faded else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped lightly rubbed at extremities with a vertical crease along front flap; Near Fine. KLEIN E7.a.1. Harper & Row unknown books
197129565Oxford: Carcanet Press 1971. First edition. Paperback. Very Good . Small stapled wrappers. 28 pp. Poetry by Pessoa as translated by Griffin. Small stain to front endpaper else a near fine example in stapled wrappers with wide French flaps. Carcanet Press paperback books
19861331614New York Mahwah Toronto: Paulist Press 1986. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 238; G; 1/4 bound burgundy spine with white text; no jacket; cloth has minimal shelf wear; some rubbing wear to edges; strong boards; text block has slight wear to exterior edges; interior clean; tight binding;. 1331614. FP New Rockville Stock. Paulist Press hardcover books
197129566Oxford: Carcanet Press 1971. First edition. Paperback. Very Good . Small stapled wrappers. 28 pp. Poetry by Pessoa as translated by Griffin. Small stains to front endpaper else a near fine example in stapled wrappers with wide French flaps. Carcanet Press paperback books
197018061001New York: The Macmillan Company 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First U.S. edition first printing octavo size 221 pp. signed by Maurice Chevalier. Perhaps one of the best-known French actors of the first half of the 20th century Maurice Chevalier 1888-1972 was nominated for the Academy Award in 1930 for Best Actor for his roles in "The Love Parade" 1929 and "The Big Pond" 1930 which secured his first big American hit "Livin' in the Sunlight Lovin' in the Moonlight" N.B. from Wiki. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in sky blue cloth gilt lettering on the front and spine plain endpapers M. Chevalier's signature boldly written with in blue on the front free endpaper one section of black and white photographs bound in; octavo size 8.5" by 5.75" pagination: 1-6 7-221. The dust jacket shows the original price of $5.95 pictorial head shot of M. Chevalier with red and white lettering on the front panel and spine quotes from the book on the back panel summary of book on both flaps. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is fine overall with a strong square text block solid hinges three corners are perfectly straight and one is gently bumped all with no rubbing the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings. The dust jacket is not price-clipped there is some extremely light edgewear particularly at the head of the spine and one short one inch closed tear where the head of the spine meets the front panel; the rest of the jacket is crisp and clean with the red lettering on the spine strong and true not sunned. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
19741326878Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 383; G/G; grayish tan spine with black text; dust jacket has slightly sunned spine; taped head and tail front and rear edges; mylar wraps; cloth shows light wear to exterior; mild wear to edges; strong boards; text block has slight tone to exterior edges; deckled fore edge; illustrated;. 1326878. FP New Rockville Stock. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover books
1967150508N.p.: N.p. 1967. Draft script for the 1967 Swedish film translated into English photocopied for internal distribution. With copied holograph annotations to virtually every page. <br/><br/>Vilgot Sjoman's controversial erotic drama utilizing both dramatic and documentary filmmaking techniques starring Sjoman's lover at the time actress Lena Nyman as a young theater student examining the social and political mores of 1960s Sweden and her own sexuality. Seized by customs upon entry to the US and banned from numerous US cities for sexually explicit scenes it was found in 1969 not to be obscene by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit opening the door to more frank and explicit subject matter in American film. The companion to Sjoman's 1968 film "I Am Curious Blue."<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Stockholm. <br/><br/>Self wrappers. Title page integral with front wrapper undated with credits for director Vilgot Sjoman and translation credits to Martin Minow and Jenny Bohman. 126 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus partially bound with a single staple. N.p. unknown books
19911340941New York: International General Editions 1991. Reprinted. Softcover. Octavo; G/paperback; white spine with green and red text; reprinted; covers have slight soiling to exterior; flat peeled tear to rear; lightly rubbed edges; intact panels; text block edges have mild foxing; tight binding; interior clean; illustrated; pp 119. 1340941. FP New Rockville Stock. International General Editions unknown books
19751341145New York: International General Editions 1975. Second Printing. Softcover. Octavo; G/paperback; off-white spine with green and red text; second printing; covers have slight foxing toward spine; minor chips to edges; intact panels; text block edges have age toned slightly; good binding; illustrated; pp 112. 1341145. FP New Rockville Stock. International General Editions unknown books
189549766Philadelphia: The Gebbie Publishing Co. Ltd 1895. Connoisseur Edition. One of 25 sets numbered and specially bound this being no.8. Eight octavo volumes 23.75cm; full black crushed morocco spines in six compartments with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spines and triple gilt-ruled border on covers; marbled endpapers; top edges gilt; xiv2255; xiii226-4335; x2384; x239-4475; xii2384; xii2394624; xii2264; xiv227-4764pp with frontispieces and 58 plates. Light wear to joints and extremities touch of dustiness finger-soil and a few scuffs to covers with faint foxing to text edges; contents relatively clean with hinges sound; Very Good. Handsome edition of the French critic and historian's landmark work on English literature published first in France in 1863 and translated into English in 1871. Gebbie published this set in a variety of issues the Connoisseur Edition representing the smallest available limitation. The Gebbie Publishing Co. Ltd unknown books
1980190333Budapest: Corvina Kiadó 1980. Hardcover. 565p. plates prologue bibliography b&w plates from photos at rear text in Spanish very good first Spanish language edition in cloth and unclipped dj. General history of Latin America by the foremost expert in Hungary. Corvina Kiadó hardcover books
1987242794Amsterdam: Stichting Homomonument 1987. Paperback. 61p. 8.25x11.75 inches text in Dutch illustrated with b&w photos and drawings with pink overlay and spot colors very good tall slim trade paperback in stiff wraps original program for the dedication of the monument is laid in. On the memorial honoring gays killed by the Nazis. Stichting Homomonument paperback books
